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Kip
Kip may refer to: Kip (currency), the currency of LaosKip (unit), a unit of force or massKip, Inverclyde, a village in ScotlandKip-up, an acrobatic maneuver used in martial arts and gymnasticsA first aid dressing for burns, no longer manufacturedA type of catSleeping or taking a nap in UK and Austra..
Kip, Inverclyde
Kip is a river and marina to the north of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde Scotland. Near to Kip is a disused oil fired power station. External links Grid reference ..
Kip-up
The Kip-up is an acrobatic move employed in martial arts, breakdancing, and gymnastics which takes a person from a supine position directly to his feet. From a lying position, the subject bends his knees, draws his legs into his chest, rolls back slightly, then kicks up. The force of the kick and an..
Kipahigan Lake
Kipahigan Lake is a small lake in western Manitoba, Canada on the border with Saskatchewan approximately 50 kilometres north of Flin Flon, ..
Kipahulu
Kipahulu is a sustainable farm community on the Hana side of Maui. ..
Kipchaks
Map of Asia and Europe circa 1100 C.E. Kipchaks (also spelled as Kypchaks, Qipchaqs, Qypchaqs) (, Karachay-Balkar: Къыпчакъ, Uzbek: Қипчоқ, Kazakh: Қыпшақ, Kumyk: Къыпчакъ, Nogai: Кыпчак, Chinese: 钦察, Qīnchá) are an ancient Turkic people, first mentioned..
Kipchaks in Georgia
Kipchaks are an ancient nomadic Turkic people who occupied large territories from Central Asia to Eastern Europe. They played an important role in the history of many nations of living in the region, Georgia among them. At the height of this Caucasian power from the 12th to the 13th centuries, Georg..
Kipchak language
The Kipchak language (also spelled Qypchaq) is an extinct Turkic language of the Kipchak-Bolghar group. The descendants of the Kipchak language include the majority of Turkic languages spoken in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus today (e.g., Crimean Tatar), as Kipchak was used as a lingua franca in G..
Kipchoge Keino
Kipchoge ("Kip") Keino (born January 17, 1940) is a Kenyan former athlete. Biography Born in Kipsano, Kenya, Kip Keino was among the first in a long circle of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and inspired many of his fellow countrymen and women to ..
KIPCO
Kuwait Projects Company (Holding), popularly known as KIPCO, is one of the premier investment holding companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. KIPCO has substantial ownership interests in a diversified portfolio of companies in Europe, the Middle East, and the USA. The group focu..
Kipelov
Kipelov (Кипелов) is a Russian heavy metal rock band. Contents 1 Origins2 New members, venues, and material3 Babylon and River of Time4 Chronology5 Discography6 External links Origins In 2002, dissension in the heavy metal band Aria led to Aria members Valer..
Kipkemboi Kimeli
Bronze medal 1988Seoul Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Kipkemboi Kimeli (born November 30, 1966) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ..
Kipleigh Brown
[[Image:Janetaylor.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kipleigh Brown as Jane Taylor in [[Star Trek: Enterprise]].]] Kipleigh Brown (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress and comedienne. In addition to her film credits, which include the lead role in James Kerwin's upcoming sci-fi noir film Yesterd..
Kipling, Saskatchewan
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Kiplinger
Kiplinger is a publishing company that was established in 1920 by W.M. Kiplinger [link] with what became the Kiplinger Letter and grew to encompass a number of other publications: Kiplinger's Retirement Report [Kiplinger.com] Letters: The Kiplinger LetterThe Kiplinger Tax Lett..
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Kiplinger's magazine cover Kiplinger's Personal Finance is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and prides itself on delivering "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language"..
Kipling (GO Station)
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Kipling (TTC)
Kipling is the western terminus station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is the westernmost station in the system. It is located on St. Albans Road at Aukland Road, near 5247 Dundas Street West at its more westerly intersection with Bloor Street West, and near..
Kipling (VIVA)
Kipling is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Another name for this Vivastation is Kipling Avenue. It opened on October 16, 2005, on the intersection of Kipling Avenue and Highway 7 in Vaughan, Ontario. It is on the Viva Orange line and t..
Kipling Airport
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Kipling Avenue
Kipling Avenue is a Toronto street, named for Rudyard Kipling. North of Steeles Avenue, Kipling is a broken street and appears briefly from Highway 7 to Langstaff Road. Its original alignment becomes Clarence Street until Major Mackenzie Road. It abrupt begins again south of Teston Road before fina..
Kipling House
[Kipling House] is one of the seven boys' boarding houses at Haileybury College. Haileybury College is an English public school founded in 1862. It is a modern co-educational boarding school welcoming pupils at 11+, 13+ and 16+. General Kipling holds the prestigious title of 'worst hous..
Kiplin Hall
Kiplin Hall is a Jacobean historic house in North Yorkshire, England. It stands by the River Swale in the Vale of Mowbray. The nearest villages are Scorton, Great Langton and Bolton on Swale. Much of the local landscape has been extensively quarried for sand and gravel extraction. The house was bui..
Kipnuk, Alaska
Kipnuk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 644. Geography Kipnuk is located at [59°56′15″N, 164°2′38″W] (59.937619, -164.043926)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United St..
Kipos Esokleistos
Kipos Esokleistos (Tsonis 2003), meaning Garden Enclosed is a collection of poems written in the Greek language by Melbourne-based poet, lawyer and journalist Dean Kalimniou (a.k.a Kostas Kalymnios). The collection was published in Melbourne to critical acclaim in 2003. Dean Kalimniou has published ..
Kipp's apparatus
Kipp's apparatus, also called Kipp generator, is an apparatus used in chemical laboratories for preparation of small volumes of gases. It is named after its inventor Petrus Johannes Kipp. The most commonly known use is for preparation of hydrogen sulfide in qualitative inorganic analysis by reactio..
KIPP: the Knowledge Is Power Program
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a nationwide network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory public schools in under-resourced communities throughout the United States. The schools operate on the principle that there are no shortcuts: outstanding educators, more time in school, a rigo..
Kippah
Halakhic sources Note: Not meant as a definitive ruling. Some observances may be rabbinical, or customs, or Torah based. Texts in Jewish law relating to this article: Bible: |- ! Mishneh Torah: | |- ! Shulkhan Arukh: | |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | |} A kippah (Hebrew: ,..
Kippax
Kippax may refer to: Kippax, West Yorkshire, a village which gave its name to …Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer who gave his name to …Kippax Centre, Australian Capital Territory, suburban centre in Canberra, Australia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles ..
Kippax, West Yorkshire
Kippax is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the east of the borough, near to Garforth and Great Preston. The name "Kippax" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area of ash trees. Kippax was..
Kippax Centre, Australian Capital Territory
Kippax Centre is a designated group centre located in the Canberra suburb of Holt. Named after cricketer Alan Kippax, it serves a sizable area of suburban Belconnen, including the suburbs of Higgins, Holt, Latham and Macgregor. It includes the Kippax Fair shopping centre (main tenent, Woolworths..
Kippax Plantation
Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the Appomattox River in what is today the City of Hopewell, in southeast Virginia. Kippax Plantation is considered to be a well-preserved archaeological site that is also well documented. Most of the current digging is performed at the site of the..
Kippax Uniting Church
Kippax Uniting Church and Community Centre is part of the Uniting Church in Australia's Presbytery of the Canberra Region. The church and its community centre are located in the West Belconnen District in the suburb of Holt, Australian Capital Territory, adjacent to the Group Centre shopping complex..
Kippen
Kippen is a sleepy small village approximately 10 miles west of the city of Stirling, Scotland. It lies between the Gargunnock and Fintry hills and overlooks the strath of the River Forth. The name likely comes from Gaelic, and means "Place of the little stump." The famous Kippen Vine, planted in..
Kippens, Newfoundland and Labrador
Kippens (2001 pop.: 1,802) is a Canadian town located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. Adjacent and to the west of the larger town of Stephenville, Kippens is largely a residential community. The town is located near the isthmus connecti..
Kipper
Kippered herring. This article is about the fish. For other uses see kipper (disambiguation). A kipper is a whole fish that has been split from tail to head, eviscerated, salted, and smoked. Typically, the species is a herring or salmon, but traditionally it is any fish found in great number..
Kipper (disambiguation)
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Kipper can mean different things: kipper is the salted and smoked fish.Kipper ..
Kipper (medieval tournament)
For the smoked fish, see kipper. In medieval tournaments a kipper is a person employed by a knight, usually a vassal of the knight such as a slave, serf or peasant. Knight fight and Kipper snatch. The function of the kipper(s) is to follow his knight in combat and retrieve armour or arms fr..
Kipper the Dog
A hug from Kipper Kipper the Dog is a character in a series of books for preschool age children by Mick Inkpen. The books have 34 titles (as of July 2005), have sold over 8 million copies, and have been translated into over 20 languages. The books have also won many awards. Kipper the Dog i..
Kippford
Kippford is a small village along the Solway coast. You can walk to a small island called Rough Island when the tide is out. ..
Kippie Moeketsi
Kippie ‘Morolong’ Moeketsi (1925-1983) was a legendary South African saxophonist and jazz musician. Born into a musical Johannesburg family, Moeketsi was the youngest of four brothers, each of whom played an instrument. Growing up in George Goch township was unpleasant for him and he was often t..
Kipple
For the esoteric programming language, see Kipple programming language. Kipple is a term coined by science fiction author Philip K. Dick in the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. It refers to unwanted or useless junk that tends to reproduce itself. Some of Dick's descriptions of it suggest ..
Kipple programming language
Kipple is a minimalistic, but Turing-complete programming language which consists of a set of stacks, four operators and a control structure. Contents 1 Overview1.1 Operators1.2 The control structure2 Examples2.1 or b will pop stack a, and push the value onto stack b. ba..
Kipps
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H.G. Wells, first published in 1905. Brief synopsis Artie Kipps is an orphan, raised by his uncle and aunt, and then apprenticed for 7 years as a draper (based on Wells' own experience). However, his life suddenly changes when he discovers through rea..
Kippur
For more information on the Jewish holiday of the Day of Atonement, see Yom Kippur. For more information on the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, see Yom Kippur war. Kippur (כיפור) is a 2000 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai and starring Liron Levo, Tomer Russo, and Uri Klauzner. The film takes place ..
Kippure
Kippure is a granite mountain in Ireland, that straddles the County Dublin and County Wicklow borders. It is also the site of a television and radio transmitter mast, and as such is the oldest television transmitter site in the Republic of Ireland. Kippure was first identified as a transmitter s..
KIPR
KIPR (power 92 jamz) is a Mainstream Urban radio station in Little Rock,Arkansas, which broadcasts on 92.3 MHz. The station is owned and operated by Citadel Communications History KIPR frist went on the air in 2003 and remains the same radio station today with its current format. External link h..
Kipsigis
The Kipsigis is a pastoralist tribal group in Kenya, speaking the Kipsigis language. They are a sub-group of the Kalenjin and originated in the Sudan, moving into the Kenyan area in the 18th Century. The current settlement of the Kipsigis is in the Rift Valley province of Kenya. The Kipsigis are t..
Kipsigis language
Kipsigis (or Kipsikii, Kipsikiis) is a Kalenjin language part of the Kenyan Kalenjin dialect cluster (commonly called Nandi) [#endnote_nandi]. It is spoken mainly in the Kericho district of the Rift Valley Province in Kenya. The Kipsigis people are the most numerous tribe of the Kalenjin in..
Kips Bay
The Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan is the area between 23rd Street and 34th Street to the east of Third Avenue. It was named after a 17th century Dutch farmer called Jacobus Kip. His farm ran from Second Avenue and 35th street to the East River. At that time, the river formed a bay which was..
Kipton, Ohio
Kipton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census. Kipton was the site of a famous train wreck on April 19, 1891, which was caused by railroad engineers' watches not being in sync and led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for r..
Kipuka
A Kipuka is an island of land completely surrounded by one or more younger lava flows. A kipuka forms when lava flows on either side of a hill or ridge as it moves downslope or spreads from its source. Older and more weathered than their surroundings, kipukas are often covered with soil and late eco..
Kipunji
The Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. Also known as the Highland Mangabey, it is about three feet long and has long brown fur, which stands in tufts on the sides and top of its head. Its face and eyelids are uniformly b..
Kip (unit)
In the United States, a kip is sometimes a unit of mass that equals 1,000 avoirdupois pounds (used to compute shipping charges), or more often a unit of force that equals 1,000 pounds force (used to measure engineering loads). Its symbol is kip. The name comes from combining the words "kilo" and "po..
Kip Adotta
Kip Addotta is an American comedian. He is probably best known for his song "Wet Dreams". He made some recordings on the Laff records label. External links [Official Site] ..
Kip Allen Frey
K. Allen Frey is the former Executive Vice President of World Championship Wrestling. He was fired by Bill Shaw, an executive on TBS' board of directors, in 1992. Frey was replaced by former regional promoter and wrestler, Bill Watts. ..
Kip Brennan
Kip Brennan (born on August 27, 1980 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a hockey player for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Previously, he played for the Los Angeles Kings. On December 27, 2003, the NHL suspended Brennan for 10 games without pay. During a match against the San Jose Sharks, Brennan had ret..
Kip Carpenter
Kip Carpenter (born April 30, 1979 in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is an American speed skater. He competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He currently resides in Park City, Utah. External links [Photos of Kip Carpenter] ..
Kip Fulbeck
Kip Fulbeck is a video producer, novelist, slam poet, and spoken word performer. His background is Cantonese, English, Irish, and Welsh. Fulbeck is recognized as one of the world's premier artists exploring Hapa identity. His videos and performance work have shown in over 20 countries, aired on P..
Kip Gamblin
Kip Gamblin is an Australian actor who played Scott Hunter on the television series Home and Away from January 2003 to November 2005. Gamblin lived in the Eastern Suburbs, but moved to Britain with his family in 2005. He will appear in the British medical series Casualty from June 10 2006, despite ..
Kip Gross
Kip Lee Gross (Born August 24, 1964) in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. Gross played for four different ballclubs during his career: the Cincinnati Reds (1990-1991), Los Angeles Dodgers (1992-1993), Boston Red Sox (2000), and Houston Astros (2001). He made his Ma..
Kip Hill
Kip Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated directly to the north of Stanley, near Shield Row. ..
Kip Hladky
Kipling ("Kip") Hladky (born May 15, 1960 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he finished in tenth place with the Men's National Hockey Team. International Senior Competitions 1984 –..
Kip Holden
Melvin L. "Kip" Holden (born August 12, 1952) is the Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and a Democrat. The parish includes the state capitol of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities like Baker and Zachary. He was elected the city's mayor on November 3, 2004. He defeated Repu..
Kip Kinkel
Kip Kinkel dated May 22, 1998. Kipland Philip Kinkel (born August 30, 1982) is an American mass murderer who killed his parents and soon afterward perpetrated a school shooting at a Springfield, Oregon secondary school, killing two people and wounding twenty-five. He is currently serving a 11..
Kip Kinkle
redirect [[Template:Inappropriate tone]] In May 1998, at the age of 15, Kip Kinkle (30 August, 1982 - ) shot his father and mother to death and the next day opened fire on classmates in Springfield, Oregon, killing two and injuring 25. In November 1999, a year and a half after the murders and shoo..
Kip McKean
Thomas "Kip" McKean (born May 31, 1954) was an influential leader in the "Boston Movement" which evolved into the International Churches of Christ (ICOC). McKean became head of the Lexington Church of Christ in 1979 and introduced a brand of church ministry that focused on evangelism. The church gr..
Kip Miller
Kip Charles Miller (born June 11, 1969 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the American Hockey League Chicago Wolves. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their 4th-round pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, 72nd overall. Miller played college hockey for..
Kip Noll
Birthdate: 1958 Birth location: USA Birth name: Date of death: Penis size: Height: Weight: Eye color: Hair color: Blond Ethnicity: Alias(es): Website: Kip Noll (Born 1958) was an American pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornographic movies and magaz..
Kip Pardue
thumb Kip Pardue (born Kevin Ian Pardue September 23, 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an actor and model. Pardue graduated from Yale University where he played football. He was discovered by Molly Ringwald's publicist. He has been a model for Armani, Polo, and Abercrombie & Fitch. Content..
Kip Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander (b. 1902? - 1936) was a New York socialite. His shock divorce trial highlighted the poor definition of who was white and who wasn't. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early years1.2 Marriage1.3 Divorce trial1.4 Later years1.5 Death2 Case citation3&..
Kip Selbach
Albert Karl (Kip) Selbach (March 24 1872 - February 17 1956) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1894 through 1906, he played for the Washington Senators (NL) (1894-1898), Cincinnati Reds (1899), New York Giants (1900-1901), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Washington Senators (AL) (1903-1904..
Kip Siegel
Keeve M. (Kip) Siegel (1923-1975), U. S. Physicist. Kip Siegel was a professor of Physics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, and the founder of KMS Industries and KMS Fusion. Preceding KMS Industries, in 1963, Kip Siegel founded Conductron Corporation, a high tech producer of electron..
Kip Thorne
Kip S. Thorne Kip Stephen Thorne, Ph.D., (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in the field of gravitation physics and astrophysics. A friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking, he is the current Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics ..
Kip Wells
Robert Kip Wells (born April 21, 1977 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He bats and throws right-handed. Contents 1 High School Career2 Pro Career3 Childhood disaster4 External links High School Career Wells attended Elkins High School in Missou..
Kip Winger
Kip Winger on the cover of his 1997 solo album This Conversation Seems Like A Dream. Kip Winger (a.k.a. Kipp Fawcett) is an American rock musician, formerly of the metal band Winger and currently a solo artist. Contents 1 Biography1.1 The Early Days1.2 Rise To Fame1.3 T..
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